The scene opens in a great manor house where nine disturbed women find themselves facing the uncomfortable truth that one of them may have committed a murder. But is the house real, or are its curious rooms just the chambers of a fractured psyche? Only once you “reenact” the traumatic event by determining the weapon, the location and the...
“A NEW FEMINIST ESSENTIAL…As more ‘Psychotic Women’ films are released, our understanding of what Kier-La Janisse intended to accomplish when she popularized that phrase must expand to include new depictions of female madness in cinema.”Paste Magazine RESTORED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCE ELEMENTSWITH 10+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES Available from...
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On October 10, 2023, Tantor Audio released an audiobook version of House of Psychotic Women for the first time, read by the author herself. You can find the book on your preferred audio platform, or direct through Tantor’s website here: HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN – AUDIOBOOK Note: the audiobook does not contain the extensive...
To celebrate the 10th anniversary expanded edition of her seminal House of Psychotic Women book, Matchbox Cine is bringing writer, programmer and award-winning film-maker Kier-La Janisse over for a full UK tour! Starting in Glasgow at WEIRD WEEKEND 28/10-30/10 with a full HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN strand* (including an In Conversation...
This year the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (Oct 6-16, 2022) is presenting a diverse and daring lineup, symptomatic of the excellent state of recent fantastic genre filmmaking. Among the almost 200 feature films that make up this 55th edition, you will find both long-standing fantastic genre masters as...
Four Long-Unseen Visions Of Female Madness With 13 Hours Of New Special Features (LOS ANGELES, CA) On August 30th, Severin Films is lifting the curtain on another heartstopping box set – House of Psychotic Women: Rarities Collection. Curated and produced by acclaimed author and WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK...
The Fantasia International Film Festival, established in 1996, is the largest genre film festival in North America, and one of the most prestigious of its kind in the world. The following is from the festival website: CANADIAN TRAILBLAZER AWARD: KIER-LA JANISSE For her ground-breaking work as an author, filmmaker, historian and curator...
FAB PRESS to debut new edition of Kier-La Janisse’s influential text with book launch at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, QC alongside retrospective screening series in collaboration with Severin Films House Of Psychotic Women Expanded Edition Limited Edition Release July 24 / Wide Release Oct 2022 In 2012, a...